Theos-Talk Archives (September 1999 Message tt00123)

Sept 9th

Dear Art:

I fear I am misunderstood again.  I placed no 7 year period of silence
on you.  Pythagoras used that when he accepted pupils to his school.

I suggested that you study basic Theosophy before you go off with a
bunch of opinions on subjects you do not seem (from what you write) to
be quite familiar with.

If you have a copy of THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY you will be able to see if
a subject is handled there, and what HPB had to say on it.  If we are
going to discuss Theosophy , then all of us ought to be at the very
least, familiar with the KEY. If then, we disagree with what HPB
wrote, or have other ideas, we can all zero in on those.

Theosophy as such is not nebulous or misty, it is a definite
metaphysics and the metaphysics project a philosophy of life, an
ethos, for all of us to consider.

It is very difficult to have to constantly refer to fundamentals when
those are not know  by both parties.

Dal



Dallas
dalval@nwc.net 


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Subject: Theos-World What Art's impressed with ...


Daniel wrote:

>Art apparently is totally unimpressed with HPB's writings or with the
>Mahatma Letters.  Yet the Mahatma Letters alone is a remarkable
production
>so full of knowledge, wisdom and yes guidance relevant even today as
I write
>these words.  More on this later in another email.
>
>Am I'm missing out on something or is there new esoteric knowledge
out there
>that makes the HPB/Mahatmic productions look like a naive 101
beginners
>textbook? ???
>
>I believe that HPB's books and articles deserve careful study AND
>contemplation.  That doesn't mean that what HPB wrote should be
considered
>as the final word on anything.  To study her works is not to suggest
that
>one shouldn't study what has been written on similar subjects by
other
>authors and writers.  But what's wrong with a deep and careful study
of her
>writings????  This I think is what Dallas is basically always
advocating.
>
>Last time I checked no one was holding a gun to anyone's head saying
"Read
>Blavatsky or die!"

Daniel,

Dallas has placed a seven year vow of silence on me so I can't defend
myself. But seriously Daniel, if you like the Mahatma Letters so
much...
and they are the prestine product of the Masters, a more pedantic and
culturally stuffed up production it is with KH writing very humanly
about
the affairs of their day...turn of the century England and C.C.
Massey, an
independent AIB, and the codes of gentlemen... ah yes... to what
heights
can we ascend?

Within the TS I have advised and urged that there be total freedom of
investigation... we don't have this much where the formation of
"official"
study groups are concerned. The first year of their existence they're
required to study certain approved materials, and so on....

I will say less against Madame Blavatsky herself who I think in many
ways
defied the standards of her day and pioneered in a lot of areas
hitherto
unknown in the West. At the same time, I don't think we need to start
with
her as a basic study of theosophy could be drawn from many other
sources
especially in this day.

Even I am growing weary of this emphasis and feel the point has been
made
regarding study materials and Dallas will be happy to hear this, I
will
move on to some other topic.

In Friendship,


Arthur Gregory


lgregory@discover.net




















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